Job 22:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ Job, you have a lot of farm land.\par And people respect you.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honourable man dwelt in it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But [you, Job] the man with power possessed the land, and the favored and accepted man dwelt in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Common English Bible

⁸ The powerful own land; the favored live in it.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

Job 22:8 Tagairtí Cros

Job 12:19

God strips priests of their power and\par fires the bureaucrats who feel so secure\par in their jobs.\par

Job 13:8

Are you trying to defend God against me?\par You are not being fair—\par You are choosing God's side\par simply because he is God.\par

Job 31:34

I have never been afraid\par of what people might say.\par That fear never made me keep quiet.\par It never made me refuse to go outside.\par I am not afraid of people’s hate for me.\par

Job 9:24

When an evil man takes control of a land,\par does God keep the leaders\par from seeing what is happening?\par If that is true,\par then who is God anyway?\par

Psalm 12:8

Those bad people act important,\par but really, they are like costume jewelry.\par It looks expensive,\par but it is really very cheap. {\cf2\super [69]} \par

Isaiah 3:3

God will take away the military leaders and the government leaders. God will take away the skilled counselors and the wise men that do magic and try to tell the future.

Isaiah 9:15

(The head means the elders {\cf2\super [110]} and important leaders. The tail means the prophets that speak lies.)

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par